Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-30
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1t is only 10y talking with farmers that
we find logging to be a word, and that it
means Cutting down the finest trees on "a
farm for the purpose of saving then. into
logs of a required size.
Now what are the motives for this log
ging in Ohio. Let us suppose any one town
ship of any county in the Western Reserve.
There is, certainly, not n superabundunce
of timber in that part of the state, and there
is no urgent necessity for further clearing :
yet every farmer, or nearly every one, has
a tract of woodland ON his farm which he
calls his bush.
Naturally, this part of the farmers wealth
goes towards providing him with fuel, fol
he will not buy coal, no matter how cheap
or convenient for use, as long as a stick of
wood is left ON his land Another portion
of the trees in the "bush" is cut to furnish
the owners share of fuel to heat the church.
the schoolhouse, the town hall, and other
public buildings.
All this however, is not logging
Farmers in general have very strong
inclination for bartering some of the prod
ucts of their land or their toll for such com
modities they may need from time to
time such as clothing, utensils for house
and barn, materials for repairs, etc All
these things are invariably gotten in trade
for, be it remembered, Ohio farmers will
very rarely dispose of their wheat, wool or
cheese for other than cash payment, Nev-
ertheless, although there may be some eggs.
butter, poultry and fruit, there must bee Il
considerable quantity of produce To pay for
the goods mentioned And it is here that
logging comes in.
Now, as the same conditions prevail in
hundreds of places in Ohio, let us take any
..e Ia
"A flour mill, a sawmll and a wooden mill, all
three run by the same individual Let
there also be tannery. More oblising
men than the owners of THESE several es-
Establishments are scarcely to be- found any
wherever ready to take and to give any
thing in trade never mentioning settle
ment, "balance,' 'uccOunt' or similar
harsh sounding words, until winter has set
in hard and the farmer has plenty of time
to attend to matters of this kind. Then,
and not before, Mr.. Trader will bandly in
form the farmer that there is slight bal
ance ON the wrong side of his account, the
settlement of which is very desirable since
times are hard and trade lawfully dull.
Boys, says the farmer after breakfast,
you must 90 logging this week-,iX oaks
for the miller and four naples for the store
keeper but you must not take the three
cause the tanner is going to send his men
to peel them"
All that week the mighty strokes of tn,
axes, the crash of the falling trees. Tia,
creaking of the saws. the clicking of tn,
windlass, and the rafting of heavy chains
are heard in the "hush, and soon "A dozen
splendid logs are dragged to the roadside &,
be hauled to the centre ON slcighs an,
deposited according to the farmers dircc
tons
The tanners boys also have been at work
and peeled three splendid oaks I'm short
some IN trees have been logged, and moi
one single stick is ever planted iu return
The coat the farmer wears. the blanket
ON his bed, the stockings and the shoes "a
his feet, the shingles ON the roof of hi
house, and several other things, have thu
been paid for in logs.
This is logging IA very convenient, an,
at the same time most damnabe, way %
doing away with the country's woodlands
There are many centres in many town
ships of Ohio where from 500 to 500 tree
are logged every year-and no harm in
tended
The above extract from the report of tn
Ohio Bureau of Forestry is copied, not fo
what it contains of value TO the owners O
wood and timber lands, but as a fair sam
pie of a certain not very uncommon kim
of official knowledge 1t appears that tn
Bureau has recently found that there
such word rs Jogging This hrllliau
discovery will be appreciated by philologist
as well as by lumbermen Ii was "only b
talking with farmers that these official fol
esters paid for enlightening the people d
Ohio about their woodlands, became awar
that there was such a word as logging.
Having learned this much. they were mex
taught by the farmers what logging meant
1T was cutting down the finest trees ON
farm for the purpose of saving them int
logs of required size We hardly thin
this is farmers definition of logging:
certainly is not Wehster's or Worcester.
If the Ohio Bureau of Forestry had pr
vately consulted one of these authorities.
might have satisfied itself that logging
word, and that the word has an obyior
meaning So far, exposure might hay
been avoided but when it comes to tnl
about peellng bark, it is doubtful whcth,
Webster would have helped the Bureau ou
1t was then that they should have tulke
again with the farmers, not one of whom
M all OHIO, but could have told them th,
bark Tor the tanner was never ppeled
winter The Bureau fails 10 state oxulici
ly whether the naked log, from the tbr,
''l the tanner. boys wei